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Demon's Souls

Demon’s Souls is a challenging action role-playing game created by FromSoftware. Notable for its unforgiving difficulty...

Sony Action RPG Japan Challenging

8.9 Great

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Vagrant Story

Vagrant Story is a complex action role-playing game developed by Square. It's notable for its intricate narrative focuse...

Exploration Japan Narrative Driven Mystery

8.8 Great

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Odin Sphere

Odin Sphere is an action role-playing game created by Vanillaware for the PlayStation 2. Released initially by Atlus (20...

Turn Based Retro Japan Steampunk

8.5 Great

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Phantasy Star Online

Phantasy Star Online is an online RPG developed for the Dreamcast by Sonic Team and published by Sega. Players engage in...

Sci Fi Retro Japan Narrative Driven

8.4 Great

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Dark Chronicle

Dark Chronicle is a 2002 action role-playing game created by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for th...

Japan Narrative Driven Dark Fantasy Mature

8.4 Great

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Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Muramasa: The Demon Blade is an action RPG set in Edo period Japan during the reign of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. The game cen...

Action Japan Challenging Japanese

8.4 Great

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Ys Origin

Ys Origin is a 2006 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom. Initially released on Windows in Japan, the titl...

Japan 2000S Action Role Playing Game

8.3 Great

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Tales of Eternia

Tales of Eternia is an action role-playing game developed by Telnet Japan’s Wolfteam, following previous Tales series ti...

Japan 2000S Action Role Playing Game

8.2 Great

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Monster Hunter 3

Monster Hunter 3 is an action role-playing video game developed by Capcom. Released for the Wii in 2009, it’s notable fo...

Action JRPG Japan Capcom

8.1 Great

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Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is an action RPG developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation...

Sci Fi Space Opera Action RPG Japan

8.1 Great

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Dark Cloud

Dark Cloud is a 2000 action role-playing game developed by Level-5 for the PlayStation 2. It’s notable for its isometric...

Action Sci Fi JRPG Retro

7.9 Good

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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is an action RPG for the Game Boy Advance released in 2004. It continues the story fro...

Action RPG Japan Card Game 2000S

7.8 Good

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Monster Hunter Freedom

Monster Hunter Freedom is a 2005 action role-playing game for the PlayStation Portable developed by Capcom. It serves as...

Japan 2000S Action Role Playing Game

7.8 Good

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3D Dot Game Heroes

3D Dot Game Heroes is an action role-playing game utilizing voxel-based 3D graphics to recreate the visual style of clas...

Japan 2000S Action Role Playing Game Action Adventure Game

7.7 Good

15

Namco × Capcom

Namco × Capcom is a 2005 tactical RPG developed by Monolith Soft for the PlayStation 2. It blends strategic combat with...

Japan 2000S Action Role Playing Game Tactical RPG

7.3 Good

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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is a video game released as part of the Kingdom Hearts series. The title features two playable...

Adventure Action RPG Japan Narrative Driven

7.2 Good

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Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia is an action role-playing game created by Creatures Inc. and published by The Pokémon C...

Lightweight Tactical Adventure Family Friendly

7.2 Good

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Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Star Ocean: The Last Hope is an action RPG developed by tri-Ace for Xbox 360. Players control a four-person party naviga...

Tactical Sci Fi Space Opera Epic

7.2 Good

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Mega Man Star Force

Mega Man Star Force is a series of action role-playing games released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS. The games center arou...

Strategy Sci Fi Turn Based Retro

7.1 Good

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Phantasy Star Universe

Phantasy Star Universe is an action role-playing game created by Sega's Sonic Team and released across PC, PlayStation 2...

Japan 2000S Action Role Playing Game

7.0 Good